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Originally Posted by RDixon
Since I've failed to herd the discussion back towards the topic...
I'l jump head long into the tangent.
BUSH'S GUT.
Bush's gut told him Saddam had massive stockpiles of wmds. - He didn't.
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Several hundred chemical weapons were found, and Saddam had all his WMD scientists and technicians ready. Just end the sanctions and add money, and the weapons would be back in production within a year. At the time of the invasion, all intelligence agencies, world-wide, believed Saddam still had a functioning WMD program. Saddam had shut them down because of the cost, but created the illusion that the program was still operating in order to fool the Iranians. The Iranians wanted revenge on Saddam because of the Iraq invasion of Iran in 1980, and the eight year war that followed.
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Bush's gut told him Saddam was persuing nukes. - He wasn't.
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See above, but Let’s say the USA never did invade Iraq and Saddam was still in power, it is no secret Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons. Do you really think he wouldn’t be?
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Bush's gut told him Saddam was responsible for 9/11. - He wasn't.
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Al Qaeda was a growing movement before 2003, and before 2001. But after the Iraq invasion, and especially the Sunni Arab terrorism, al Qaeda fell in popularity throughout the Moslem world. Arab countries cracked down on al Qaeda operations more than ever before. Without the Iraq invasion, al Qaeda would still have safe havens all over the Arab world.
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Bush's gut told him that the generals who said it would take 400 to 500k troops to win in a war with Iraq were wrong and he fired them. - They weren't wrong.
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Bush's gut told him that the Iraqi people wanted to be "liberated". - They didn't.
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Change “They” to the murderers, rapist, tyrants, terrorist then your are right. They liked Iraq the way it was. You say Iraqis Were Better Off Under Saddam. Most Iraqis disagree. Check election results and opinion polls. Reporters tend to ask Iraqi Sunni Arabs this question, but they were the only ones who benefited from Saddams rule. The minority not the majority.
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Bush's gut told him that he is the "decider". - He isn't.
Bush's gut told him he is above the law, any law. - He isn't.
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